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Legend of 1900, The
Fine Line Features
MPAA RATING: R for language
Starring
Tim Roth,
Pruitt Taylor Vince,
Melanie Thierry,
and
Bill Nunn
An epic story of a young man (Roth) who is born on January 1, 1900, and thus his name Nineteen Hundred. He grows up always having lived on an ocean liner, becoming a talented pianist.
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Allesandro Baricco
Giuseppe Tornatore
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Giuseppe Tornatore
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: June 4, 2002
Video: August 6, 2002
Theatrical: October 29, 1999
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| RUNNING TIME: |
123 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Italy |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
83
Portland Oregonian
Diana Abu-Jaber
The Legend of 1900 is still fresh; like the dawning of a new age, it feels like an awakening.
80
TV Guide
Steve Simels
Visually dazzling, touching and funny.

80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Tantalizingly structured to intrigue us right from the start.

80
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
An enchanting, staggeringly beautiful epic at sea, is poetry in motion.

80
Dallas Observer
Jean Oppenheimer
On one level it is highly intimate, yet it is also universal, a modern metaphor for the human condition and the precariousness of life itself.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
There is one scene in The Legend of 1900 that is easily worth the price of admission. It finds the ship heeling in an Atlantic storm. In the ballroom Roth plays the piano as it moves and slides in an eerie waltz around the floor.
75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Foggy allegories and misty metaphors.
75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
The sort of movie that both rewards and tries your patience.
70
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
A painstakingly crafted nonrealist story, which doesn't seem to imply anything beyond what it depicts.

70
LA Weekly
F. X. Feeney
The sense of loss aroused by the film is oceanic.

67
Entertainment Weekly
Bruce Fretts
It's usually a good idea to avoid anything billed as ''a fable,'' but The Legend of 1900 offers almost enough merits to warrant an exception

63
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
This one is often more interesting than involving.
63
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Has moments of great imagination.

63
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Its protagonist haven't enough emotional substance to carry them through the long, darkly lit introspective sequences.
63
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
There's a ton of joy in The Legend of 1900 -- but it's laid on so thick that one ends up more numbed than stirred, overcome by one too many Hallmark moments.
63
San Francisco Examiner
G. Allen Johnson
What could have been an insightful, irresistible movie is instead a simple, self-contained fable, pleasing to look at but meaningless
60
Newsweek
Kevin Stuart
Careening wildly between fairy tale and drama it doesn't know when to call it quits.
60
Variety
David Rooney
The material is at heart an intimate allegorical fairy tale about rarefied philosophical concerns.

60
Village Voice
Dennis Lim
Good-natured but labored, the film clings to its lone gimmick with increasing desperation.

60
Film.com
Gemma Files
A magic-realistic fable whose lows soon prove as infuriating as its highs are intoxicating.
58
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
It's a wonderful reminder of the importance of music in the movies.
50
Miami Herald
Curtis Morgan
A muddled fantasy revolving around a really good cruise ship piano player, doesn''t live up to its title.
50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Overacted, overdirected, and overcooked in the usual Tornatore manner, but sheer energy and enthusiasm keep it watchable and listenable most of the way through.

42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
An intriguing concept, a storybook vision life in the great age of trans-Atlantic travel, a fine Ennio Morricone score and a credible performance by Roth.

40
Salon.com
Jeff Stark
But it tries to be (many) things -- and fails at them all.

40
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
A sumptuous ride with breathtaking scenes and a soaring musical score.

38
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
It doesn't strike a single note of authentic emotion.

25
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
The schmaltz is relentless in The Legend of 1900, the newest film from "Cinema Paradiso'' director Giuseppe Tornatore. It comes in waves, it leeches onto every surface and it turns decent actors into sticky-sweet fuzzballs.


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